The old thief asked me to pull the car to a remote alley and stopped, and led me to the innermost house.

The one looked like an ordinary family, but when the old thief knocked on the door, he changed four gestures in a row, and each gesture knocked three times.

Ye Lao Ghost said in a low voice: "Learn a little, this is the technique of people knocking on the door in the Dao, which means: there are guests visiting." ”

After the old thief stopped, he waited quietly outside, and after a while, an old voice came from the courtyard: "It's an honor for a fellow Taoist to visit, please!" ”

As soon as the voice fell, the gate of the courtyard opened automatically.

The patriarch and thief clenched his fists: "It's the entrance of the hall that is bowing, talking about business, and visiting the door, I'm afraid it's inconvenient." ”

"It's abrupt!" As soon as the man's voice fell, the courtyard door closed again: "The door of the small shop is on the side of the road, please a few people!" ”

The veteran thief is in accordance with the rules of the rivers and lakes to meet Mr. Yin.

Mr. Yin, since he has hidden his true identity, he will not easily meet his colleagues.

The patriarch thief came to visit without anyone recommending him, so he naturally had to make a full number of courtesies and show his attitude.

The veteran thief led us around the alley and into a nondescript tattoo parlor. There was already a white-haired old man who had set up refreshments: "A few colleagues, please sit down, please use tea!" ”

"Thank you!" The patriarch thief politely took a sip of the welcome tea, then took out four gold bars wrapped in red cloth and put them on the table: "This godson was put into his body by evil qi, and he asked the shopkeeper Xu to help him collect the evil qi." ”

Shopkeeper Xu looked Ye Huan up and down for a while before he smiled and said, "Ling Sun's physique is not ordinary!" I'm afraid it will take a little effort. ”

The old thief took out two more gold bars and pushed them over: "Please shopkeeper Xu must help." ”

"Okay!" Shopkeeper Xu nodded and said, "Ten gold bars, I will do this for you, just make a friend." ”

"Thanks!" The old thief raised his hand and followed the shopkeeper Xu and struck each other three times.

Shopkeeper Xu closed the door of the store and opened a secret door: "Come with me!" ”

When I followed the shopkeeper Xu inside, I was already more energetic in my heart - ten gold bars, you really dare to ask for the price.

I'm not worried about money, I'm afraid that Shopkeeper Xu won't be able to deal with Ye Huan's black tiger demon.

Shopkeeper Xu didn't look back, but he seemed to see the dissatisfaction on my face, and said with a smile: "Young man, do you think that my old man can't understand the black tiger on your friend?" ”

"As the saying goes: no diamonds, no porcelain work. If the old man didn't have this ability, would he dare to charge you so much money? ”

Shopkeeper Xu said: "The craft of tattooing has been passed down in my family for several generations, which can not only help your friend turn into a black tiger, but also bring him unexpected benefits." ”

I've heard of the prestige of the Shudo tattoo artist!

According to legend, the tattoo artist and his party flourished in the Tang Dynasty, weakened in the Song Dynasty, and almost died in the Ming Dynasty, and did not rise again until the Qing Dynasty.

There are even more opinions about the origin of tattoo artists, and the popular explanation is that tattoos originated from the ancient punishment of tattoos.

Shudao believes that tattoos come from the Saiwai Wumen, and the Han people at that time did not advocate tattoos, but tattoos were popular among ethnic minorities, and the first person in charge of tattooing was a shaman.

After the art of tattooing flowed into the Central Plains, it merged with the Central Plains to have a tattoo artist.

The nobles of the Song Dynasty felt that the tattoo artist was inferior and was extremely resistant to tattooing, which made the tattoo artist and his party weakened by the Song Dynasty. Until Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty explicitly banned tattoos, tattooers in the early Qing Dynasty would be severely punished.

According to the official statement of the Ming and Qing dynasties: "Tattoo people are easy to gather people to make trouble"

In fact, it was the top tattoo artist in the White Lotus Sect at that time, who made the imperial court suffer a lot with just one hand of tattoo secret skills, and the official ban on tattoos was actually a part of the hunt and killing tattoo artists and cracking down on the White Lotus Sect.

However, under the high pressure of the Ming and Qing dynasties, the tattoo artist silently passed on the torch, survived, and returned to the Tao again.

It's just that today's tattoo artists are no longer in the glory of the past.

Shopkeeper Xu led us into a secret room and pointed to the painting on the wall: "If you want to get rid of the black tiger on his body, you need to add a tattoo to him, or suppress it, or guide him." ”

"Of course, tattoos also pay attention to fate, you can see for yourself, tell me which one you like, if you don't like it, I'll take you somewhere else!"

I was dazzled by the pictures in that secret room, and the paintings were so delicate and expressive that I even wanted to pick a tattoo on my body.

I roughly looked at the tattoos in the room, Ye Huan was still wandering around, I leaned in and said, "Hey, cat, why don't we get a Hello Kitty tattoo?" The kind that the eyes can magnify. ”

Ye Huan glared at me: "If you tattoo a husky, I will tattoo a Kitty cat!" ”

"Lao Tzu is out today!" I turned my head and said, "Shopkeeper Xu, hurry up and tattoo a cat with a big face according to him!" ”

The old thief came up and gave me a brainstorm: "This unruly thing makes people laugh." ”

Shopkeeper Xu stroked his beard and smiled: "It's still young!" Back then, I wasn't fighting with those old brothers like this. Kid, have you made your choice? ”

Ye Huan shook his head, and Shopkeeper Xu opened another secret room.

This time, the pictures in the secret room are all strange ghosts, and their painting work is more expressive than that of the previous secret room.

The ghosts in the painting seem to come to life at any time, and with every step we take, we feel that the eyes of the painted demons are turning with our figures, which also makes the secret room seem even more terrifying.

Ye Huan looked around and shook his head, and the shopkeeper Xu's face became a little dignified: "Come again!" ”

After Shopkeeper Xu opened the third secret room, the awe-inspiring divine power came to my face, and I pretended to move my steps inadvertently and blocked in front of the old thief.

I have cultivation in my body and can resist the power of God, but if I am an old thief, I may have to kneel on the spot, and it will be a big shame.

Ye Huan didn't even enter the door this time, he stood at the door and raised his head suddenly, his eyes looked at the secret room like a knife, and the Miao Dao behind him also trembled slightly under the opponent's battle intent.

Ye Huan, it's not like you're going to kill the gods, right?

I glanced sideways into the room, and sure enough, I saw the portraits of gods and Buddhas pasted on the wall, which seemed to be irritated by Ye Huan's battle intent, and they also trembled.

Shopkeeper Xu was so frightened that he quickly closed the door: "Little friend, if you can't choose, I'll help you choose one!" ”

"Look at the tattoo, how is Zhao Gongming, the god of martial arts? Zhao Gongming's mount is the Black Tiger, which can just subdue your Black Tiger. ”

Ye Huan's eyes were cold and said: "If you are a tiger, you should be called the king, and you should treat people as a mount, it is better to kill yourself." ”

"This ......" Shopkeeper Xu was speechless by Ye Huan, but the old thief smiled and said: "Shopkeeper Xu, why don't you think of a way again?" ”